scholarly journals The effect of sex education program on high school girls' knowledge and attitude toward sex

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 1251-1268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young-Ja Jeon ◽  
Hyun-Sook Lee
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
High School Girls ◽  
School Girls ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Objectification Found in High School Girls’ Experience With Dress Code Enforcement

2021 ◽  
pp. 0887302X2110584
Author(s):  
Heejin Lim ◽  
Shannon Lennon ◽  
Domenique Jones
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Dress Code ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
High School Girls ◽  
School Girls ◽  
Self Objectification ◽  
Code Enforcement

Grounded in objectification theory, this study was conducted to uncover adolescent girls’ experience of dress regulations in US public schools. We conducted in-depth personal interviews with thirteen high school girls to explore internal, interpersonal, and contextual factors that might aggregate or alleviate objectifying conditions. Three overarching thematic categories emerged including (1) dressing as a life skill, (2) experiencing a sexually objectifying environment, (3) coping with the sexually objectifying environment. Eight subthemes captured under these thematic categories depicted how the school dress code is experienced and embodied by adolescent girls in their daily lives. Our findings demonstrated how the methods of school dress code enforcement and sex education promote a sexually objectifying environment in which girls feel physically and psychologically unsafe. Also, the findings of this study revealed that girls experience body shame, self-objectification, and powerlessness through dress code enforcement and sex education in school. Implications are discussed.

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